Fun, Interesting, & Useless Facts...

Want something fun and interesting to read today?! Check out this blog post. You'll learn some crazy, fun, and interesting facts about many random things!

**The fortune cookie was invented in 1916 by George Jung, a Los Angeles noodlemaker.

**At last count there were approx. 226,000 trees in New York's Central Park.

**The average ear of corn has eight-hundred kernels arranged in sixteen rows.

**The number one cause of blindness in the United States is diabetes.

**It takes an interaction of 72 different muscles to produce human speech.

**The only nation whose name begins with an "A", but doesn't end in an "A" is Afghanistan.

**Lyndon B. Johnson was the first president of the United States to wear contact lenses.

**The only insect that can turn its head 360 degrees is the praying mantis.

**Human birth control pills work on gorillas.

**Achluophobia is the fear of sitting in the dark.

**The ZIP in zip code stands for "Zone Improvement Plan."

**An apple, onion, and potato all have the same taste. Their strong scents make them taste different. To prove this, hold your nose and take a bite of each. They will all taste sweet!

**Burger King uses approximately 1/2 million pounds of bacon every
month in its restaurants.

**Androphobia is the fear of men. (Yes, the male gender - weird!)